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Originally Posted by whell
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I thought the objective WAS to get the Crimea back to the Ukraine even back when Barry was prez, and that Barry would have removed the sanctions in that event. So wasn't JK simply restating policy? Nothing new about "back channel" communication either. That's essentially how Obama got the ball rolling with Iran if memory serves.
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You're either slow on the uptake or deliberately mischaracterizing the first article. The first article involved the Trump administration acquiescing to Russian occupation of Crimea, not compelling Russia to give it back to Ukraine (Obama's policy).
As for the second article, all administrations have had a backchannel to Iran (via the Swiss government and their embassy in Iran) because we have no diplomatic mission (front channel) there. We do, however, have diplomatic relations and formal "front channel" communications with Russia. Moreover, when Flynn and Kushner were working on creating this back channel, they were not representing the American government (i.e., the American government was led by Obama at the time).
I often wonder if you even understand what you're typing or you're just repeating right-wing obfuscation of such issues.